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by Gary Childress
Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:00 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Sex and the Religious-Left
Replies: 1004
Views: 13942

Re: Sex and the Religious-Left

What makes you ask that? Don't worry about derailing the thread. Yeah. I like the new topic better. A person can make sense of a guitar. The "religious left" maybe not as much. Do you know much about guitars, Gary? 🤔 No. I don't. I like the sound, though. But there's lots of good music ou...
by Gary Childress
Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:51 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Sex and the Religious-Left
Replies: 1004
Views: 13942

Re: Sex and the Religious-Left

We're probably derailing the thread, but am I correct in assuming that you play guitar and have made some recordings? _______ What makes you ask that? Don't worry about derailing the thread. Yeah. I like the new topic better. A person can make sense of a guitar. The "religious left" maybe...
by Gary Childress
Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:40 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Sex and the Religious-Left
Replies: 1004
Views: 13942

Re: Sex and the Religious-Left

Gary, you did recognize that he is speaking of servitude to higher values, right? Did that really get by you? It is weird to me the reaction — a deep resentment it seems — that is invoked when the idea of higher endeavors and those who realize them are held up as being exemplary. What is this about...
by Gary Childress
Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:25 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Sex and the Religious-Left
Replies: 1004
Views: 13942

Re: Sex and the Religious-Left

On the contrary the select man, the excellent man is urged, by interior necessity, to appeal from himself to some standard beyond himself, superior to himself, whose service he freely accepts... Contrary to what is usually thought, it is the man of excellence, and not the common man who lives in es...
by Gary Childress
Wed Mar 27, 2024 7:30 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Sex and the Religious-Left
Replies: 1004
Views: 13942

Re: Sex and the Religious-Left

Alexis Jacobi wrote: Wed Mar 27, 2024 7:29 pm
Gary Childress wrote: Wed Mar 27, 2024 7:25 pm Good grief. You're a loon.
No, that is your department! 😎
Welcome to the department, then. Padded room is down the hall. It's a good place for first timers to get themselves oriented.
by Gary Childress
Wed Mar 27, 2024 7:25 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Sex and the Religious-Left
Replies: 1004
Views: 13942

Re: Sex and the Religious-Left

You’ve never seen the movie If? Antidote to Alice Cooper. I have never seen the movie "If". Is there a point to all that shooting and killing in that scene or is it just gratuitous violence to eat popcorn to and get your date to suddenly cuddle up next to you for a sense of security and p...
by Gary Childress
Wed Mar 27, 2024 6:58 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Sex and the Religious-Left
Replies: 1004
Views: 13942

Re: Sex and the Religious-Left

You’ve never seen the movie If? Antidote to Alice Cooper. I have never seen the movie "If". Is there a point to all that shooting and killing in that scene or is it just gratuitous violence to eat popcorn to and get your date to suddenly cuddle up next to you for a sense of security and p...
by Gary Childress
Wed Mar 27, 2024 6:34 pm
Forum: Ethical Theory
Topic: Is morality objective or subjective?
Replies: 9236
Views: 745561

Re: Is morality objective or subjective?

How do we know they are wrong? Well, for one thing, all of these ethical frameworks listed disagree in pretty profound ways. They begin with different suppositions about what the basic moral axiom might be, and very often, end with different conclusions. What's lacking is a meta-ethical way to arbi...
by Gary Childress
Wed Mar 27, 2024 3:13 pm
Forum: Political Philosophy
Topic: The Political Man
Replies: 28
Views: 300

Re: The Political Man

In my experience bigotry and xenophobia don't stand up to self-examination. But then, I'm just a nut case, apparently. Everybody is "bigoted and xenophobic" though. Do the Liberal-Leftist-Democrats accept Trump? Do the Liberal-Leftist-Democrats accept MAGA voters? No. So they're being big...
by Gary Childress
Wed Mar 27, 2024 12:51 am
Forum: Ethical Theory
Topic: Is morality objective or subjective?
Replies: 9236
Views: 745561

Re: Is morality objective or subjective?

Some more food for thought. what do the terms "objective" and "subjective" mean with respect to morality? ChatGPT In the context of morality, "objective" and "subjective" refer to different ways of understanding the nature of moral judgments and principles: Ob...
by Gary Childress
Wed Mar 27, 2024 12:36 am
Forum: Ethical Theory
Topic: Is morality objective or subjective?
Replies: 9236
Views: 745561

Re: Is morality objective or subjective?

Is morality objective or subjective ChatGPT The question of whether morality is objective or subjective is a longstanding philosophical debate with various perspectives. Here's a brief overview: Objective Morality: This perspective holds that moral principles exist independently of human beliefs, f...
by Gary Childress
Wed Mar 27, 2024 12:23 am
Forum: Ethical Theory
Topic: Is morality objective or subjective?
Replies: 9236
Views: 745561

Re: Is morality objective or subjective?

can morality be objective if there is no god? ChatGPT Yes, morality can be considered objective even in the absence of a belief in God. Many philosophical frameworks propose objective morality without relying on divine authority. Here are some ways in which morality can be considered objective with...
by Gary Childress
Tue Mar 26, 2024 6:52 am
Forum: Political Philosophy
Topic: Is Conservatism just NeoTraditionalism these days?
Replies: 246
Views: 3142

Re: Is Conservatism just NeoTraditionalism these days?

Voluntary unions. No forced membership. And the unions are not permitted to collude with government or business, or conspire to exploit their members in any way. Then they'd be fine. Sure. And in parallel would you be in favor of creating a rule that businesses cannot prevent workers from joining a...
by Gary Childress
Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:31 am
Forum: Applied Ethics
Topic: British Values
Replies: 72
Views: 682

Re: British Values

Immanuel Can wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 2:55 am
RWStanding wrote: Fri Feb 16, 2024 8:06 am As with social services, such as medical and dentistry currently in the news, which should be for absolutely everyone as needed and available, with no private elite.
Who pays the doctor and the dentist?
Tax payers I would imagine.
by Gary Childress
Tue Mar 26, 2024 2:58 am
Forum: Ethical Theory
Topic: Is morality objective or subjective?
Replies: 9236
Views: 745561

Re: Is morality objective or subjective?

Moreover, if God is the Giver of life, which He is, then it is He alone that can say what the right destiny of any particular life is. So the term "murder" is hedged with certain caveats; and while the actual act of "murder" is wrong, sometimes killing is not "murder."...